AT 61, comedian Jasper Carrott says he just can't keep up with the times - and that's why he is no longer actively involved in comedy.
"The other day I saw the front cover of a celebrity magazine with this great big banner about Nikki and Pete - and I didn't have a clue who they were," says the non Big Brother-watching star.
"Comedy is a young man's game and to be at the cutting edge, you've got to be up with popular culture and I'm not any more.
"I'm looking to see if there's a way to do something different in comedy - but I haven't come up with anything yet."
HILE other comedies quickly fall by the wayside, never to be seen again, My Family goes marching on, defying all the odds.
Tommy Bahama FakeFilming is currently taking place on a seventh series of the Bafta-nominated show, starring Robert Lindsay and Zoe Wanamaker .
Not only that, but there will also be a Christmas special, too.
FORMER Emmerdale and Where The Heart Is star Samantha Giles is getting a bit hot under the collar. Well, hot ever ywhere, actually.
She has recently taken to practising something called Hot Yoga.
Seems it's something you do in a room that's heated to greenhouse levels.
"You sweat hugely but the heat relaxes your muscles, so you are able to practice the position more deeply," she gasps.
MARK Jordan, who plays long-serving PC Bellamy in Heartbeat, criticised his ITV bosses for censoring his fan mail.
"We only ever get to see the nice stuff because the weirder letters are filtered out before our post is passed on to us," he says.
"Personally, I would like to see it all. It would be interesting to see some of the mad things that people write."
DOMINIC Littlewood is hoping to stop consumers from being ripped off or to save them a small fortune on purchases in the run-up to Christmas.
A second series of his BBC1 consumer show - the wonderfully titled Don't Get Done, Get Dom - begins filming soon.
EAMONN Q Holmes is to host a brand new show for the BBC.
Called Reversal of Fortune, it's described by the Beeb as "an exciting, brain-twisting TV quiz."
Contestants will compete to answer questions that are increasingly difficult and increasingly rewarding.
They will then face a dramatic dilemma - quit with the cash they have already won or gamble it all by tackling the final question, which is worth pounds 10,000.
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